
Axelera AI delivers an AI-native game-changing hardware and software platform to accelerate artificial intelligence. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven,…

Axelera AI delivers an AI-native game-changing hardware and software platform to accelerate artificial intelligence. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven,…
Headquarters: Eindhoven, Netherlands (High Tech Campus)
Core product: Metis AI Processing Unit (AIPU) and Voyager SDK
Focus: Energy-efficient, high-performance AI inference at the edge and HPC
Recent funding: $68M Series B (June 2024); total disclosed $120M
Founded / incubated: Incubated 2019; launched as company 2021
Edge and high-performance AI inference (computer vision and generative-AI workloads)
2021
Semiconductor Manufacturing
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Announced as oversubscribed; reported total raised after this round ~ $120M
“Backed by a mix of venture, corporate, sovereign and grant investors including Innovation Industries, Invest-NL (Deep Tech Fund), European Innovation Council Fund, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Verve Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, Bitfury, and consortia such as Fractionelera”
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About Us Axelera AI is not your regular deep-tech startup. We are creating the next-generation AI platform to support anyone who wants to help advancing humanity and improve the world around us.
In just four years, we have raised a total of $120 million and have built a world-class team of 220+ employees (including 49+ PhDs with more than 40,000 citations), both remotely from 17 different countries and with offices in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, the UK, headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
We have also launched our Metis™ AI Platform, which achieves a 3-5x increase in efficiency and performance, and have visibility into a strong business pipeline exceeding $100 million.
Our unwavering commitment to innovation has firmly established us as a global industry pioneer.
Are you up for the challenge?
Position Overview As a Senior Test Engineer at Axelera AI, you will own end-to-end quality for our AI software stack running on the Metis inference accelerator. You will work directly with hardware and software engineers to validate functional correctness, inference performance, and model accuracy across multiple deployment platforms. This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role — not a process management position.
You will define testing strategy, build automation infrastructure, and be the quality signal that ships product confidently.
Key responsibilities: Test Strategy & Ownership
Hardware-Software Co-Validation
Performance & Accuracy Testing
Automation & CI/CD
Defect Management & Collaboration
Core Qualifications:
Preferred:
What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)
Location We offer a flexible working arrangement, with options to:
What We offer This is your chance to shape and be part of a dynamic, fast-growing, international organization. We offer an attractive compensation package, including a pension plan, extensive employee insurances and the option to get company shares.
An open culture that supports creativity and continual innovation is awaiting you. Collaborative ownership and freedom with responsibility is characteristic for the way we act and work as a team.
At Axelera AI, we wholeheartedly embrace equal opportunity and hold diversity in the highest regard. Our steadfast commitment is to cultivate a warm and inclusive environment that empowers and celebrates every member of our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to join us in shaping the future of AI.
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